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MOUNTAINS OF FIREBy: KainoaWhat are volcanoes? What is instead of a mountain a volcanolava? How does lava come out?Are We in Danger? Are All ofthese are questions that can beanswered by me, in this piece ofwriting. Have you seen a Volcano?I love volcanos because they arecool, and I saw one, in Hawaii!What are Volcanoes?Volcanoes are like mountains, well forms.mountains that have lava in it.There are 3 different types of What is Lava?volcanoes, Shield Volcanoes, thathave gentle slopes, Cinder Cone Lava is actually called magma. YouVolcanoes, that have steep call it lava when it flows orslopes, and finally Strata explodes out of the volcano. LavaVolcanoes, that are cone shaped is made out of a mixture of rockvolcanoes. The most volcanoes that is heated by the core of thepeople see are Strata and Cinder world. How does lava get to theCone volcanoes. Volcanoes aremade by two plates that pushtogether to form a mountain, but

surface from the core? Well Are We in Danger?that's where volcanoes come inthat's where all of the lava goes Yes, we are because the earthout from because lava just can't has a Super Volcano (a Superstay in the core because the core Volcano is like a giant bomb),is making more and more lava and Yellowstone National Park is awhen the core has too much lava Super Volcano. Yellowstonethe volcano erupts and that’s National Park is a Super Volcanowhen lava comes out. that can explode the earth, but don't be alarmed because it won’tHow Does Lava Come Out? erupt until several hundred years goes by, but after severalLava comes out from pressure. hundred years go by we will beThe lava spurts out when the goners. Even though Yellowstonepressure is high enough to send National Park is a Super Volcanolava out of a the very deep hole. it is a beautiful place so go visitThe pressure is made from the Yellowstone while you can!core because remember I saidthe core makes more and more Final Thoughtslava every second well when thecore capacity gets too full it Have you seen a volcano? well… Imakes a lot of pressure and so have I have gone to a volcano. Gothat's why the lava comes out to an awesome volcano and takeafter all of the stages Magma will some pictures because it is acome out slowly or fast, exploding Once-in-a-life-time visit!or flowing.

Quiz 1. What do you call a volcano with gentle slopes? 2. What type of volcano is Yellowstone National Park? 3. What do you call the famous city that got destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D.?References:World Book Encyclopedia